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Trump's rollback of Obama's Cuba policies may harm the Cubans it means to help

President Donald Trump appears set to walk back some aspects of the normalization of US-Cuba relations conducted by President Barack Obama during his final years in office.According to a draft of an...

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With Fidel Castro gone, a new 'maximum leader' looms over the US-Cuban...

The recent death of longtime Cuban strongman Fidel Castro has injected uncertainty into the future of his revolution and presents the first foreign-policy challenge faced by US President-elect Donald...

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'2017 is going to be really bad for us': Fear about the future is seeping...

HAVANA (AP) — Alex Romero was delighted when President Barack Obama came to Havana in March bearing the promise of a bright new future.Like so many other Cubans, the 42-year-old state photography shop...

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'It's like a dream come true': Cubans welcome a new way to contact the...

HAVANA (Reuters) — Downtown Havana resident Margarita Marquez says she received a special Christmas gift this year: web access at home, a rarity in a country with one of the lowest internet penetration...

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I traveled to Cuba after Fidel Castro's death — and it was far different from...

Cuba appears to be in a historical moment.In early December, Fidel Castro, the country’s long-time leader, died. It had been my assumption that his death was like the sun dropping out of the solar...

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Cuba's opening to the world has a problem much closer to home than Donald Trump

Donald Trump's denunciations of Obama's opening to Cuba while on the presidential campaign trail and his continued insistence on getting a "better deal" with the long isolated island nation have...

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Obama is ending the 'wet foot, dry foot' policy giving residency to Cubans...

The Obama administration is ending a policy that allowed Cubans who arrived in the US without visas to stay and gain residency, the Associated Press reported on Thursday, citing a senior administration...

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US relations with Cuba could become a bargaining chip in the healthcare debate

President Donald Trump took a hardline on thawing US relations with Cuba during the final weeks of his campaign, likely in a move to shore up his support with some segments of the electorate.In the two...

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Florida congressman reportedly used healthcare vote to try to get concessions...

Republican Florida Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart leveraged his vote on the recent Obamacare repeal legislation in an effort to gain concessions from President Trump on Cuban policy, according to The Daily...

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Trump's rollback of Obama's Cuba policies may harm the Cubans it means to help

President Donald Trump appears set to walk back some aspects of the normalization of US-Cuba relations conducted by President Barack Obama during his final years in office.According to a draft of an...

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2 more Americans were affected by 'health attacks' in Cuba

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two more Americans have been confirmed to be affected by unexplained health attacks against U.S. diplomats in Cuba, the United States said Tuesday, raising the total number of victims...

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Raul Castro seems just as befuddled as Americans over sonic attacks on US...

HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro seemed as rattled as the Americans.The Cuban president sent for the top American official in the country to address grave concerns about a spate of U.S. diplomats harmed in...

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The response to 'health attacks' on US diplomats in Cuba suggests nobody...

The US has taken action against Cuba in response to attacks on diplomats there.But neither the US or Cuba appears to know who's behind the attacks.Hardliners stand to benefit the most from the current...

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US citizens claim to have had symptoms similar to diplomats attacked in Cuba

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it has received “a handful of reports” from American citizens who say they’ve experienced symptoms similar to those in attacks of US government workers in...

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Trump says Cuba 'is responsible' for attacks on diplomats, but the State...

The so-called health attacks on US diplomats in Cuba over the past year have drawn considerable attention, but authorities in both countries have reached few conclusions.The Cuban government has denied...

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Cuban investigators say US 'sonic attack' allegations are 'science fiction'

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban officials investigating US complaints of attacks on diplomats in Havana said talk of acoustic strikes was "science fiction" and they accused Washington of "slander" while...

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The best part about traveling to Cuba is that you don’t have to plan anything...

Traveling to Cuba is different from vacationing in most other countries.Many of the best and most reasonably priced lodging and activities are only available on the island because of the lack of...

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US senator says there's no evidence that US diplomats suffered 'sonic...

HAVANA (AP) — Republican Sen. Jeff Flake says the US has found no evidence that American diplomats in Havana were the victims of attacks with an unknown weapon.Flake, a Senate Foreign Relations...

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Inside the sound and fury around the mysterious, unsolved injuries that have...

It was a cool night for Havana, with the temperature falling into the mid-70s, and the diplomat and his family were feeling very good about their assignment to Cuba. They were still settling into their...

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Cuba has notoriously bad internet — here's what it's like to use

Cuba has notoriously bad Internet. It's slow, expensive for the local population to use, and primarily provided through crowded government-approved Wi-Fi hotspots.I traveled to Cuba last year and found...

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